Kernel Config Time

[Hanasaki JiJi]

Based on my system... Athlon 600 with 256 meg ram
	1 hr to config and compile kernel 2.4.x or 2.6 test9

The first time configuring a kernel, plan on 4+ hrs

Why so long? because if its the first time, you have much reading of the 
help menus and googling to learn things.

After the first couple times, plan on 20 mins, max, to configure a 
kernel.  For major kernel upgrades, add up to 30 mins to pickout, and 
learn about, the new/changed stuff.
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Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> Duane mentions some kernel options that Leo might enable by recompiling.  The 
> whole "first you recompile the kernel" philosophy has turned many people off 
> from Linux.  Fortunately in these days of modular kernels, it's seldom 
> necessary.
> 
> Nevertheless, it still seems to be a "good thing" to do to optimize your 
> system, and many feel it's the mark of a "real man" in Linux.
> 
> Many of us who hesitate to take this bold step make the excuse of puny 
> systems, no disk space for the source code, and even if we did it would 
> probably take days and we need the PC, right?
> 
> In these days of 1.2G systems, though, compile time starts to look like 
> something we could handle.
> 
> Then there's the issue of actually configuring the kernel.  How many pages did 
> the config script run last time I printed it?  Wasn't it close to 
> half-an-inch thick?
> 
> So for those of you intrepid programmers out there who don't hesitate to 
> plunge right into this stuff: How long does it take to run through a basic, 
> first time kernel configuration script?  Since the human in this equation is 
> most likely the determining slow factor, it shouldn't really matter what 
> hardware you're configuring on, it should be a matter of how long does it 
> take to consider those questions that need an answer, answer them, determine 
> that the others can be left at the default, and get all the way through the 
> script?
> 
> How long does it take to configure the kernel for a new compile?